KMF is the only charity funding research into tick borne diseases in Australia. It is the main advocator of tick borne diseases to the government and other prominent bodies nationally and internationally eg: United Nations and World Health Organisation. Donations to KMF are 100% tax deductable and go to fund research into the pathogens in Australian ticks. These pathogens have been implicated with various chronic diseases such as MS, MND, Parkinson's , Dementia, autism, CFS, ME, IBS, arthritis. etc. all of the diseases listed have 90% environmental causes, All the chronic disease which a cause or a cur is not known. A tick bite can deliver multiple pathogens, bacteria, parasites and viruses research into the pathogens vectored by ticks are vital in solving the problem of chronic diseases in the world. According to UN 47.5mill people currently have dementia this will climb to over 100 mill in 2050 unless we decipher different contributors of dementia and minimise exposure to those environmental factors. Donating to KMF will help our researchers to unravel these diseases and help to prevent people becoming chronically ill. DONATE to the most worthy cause of the 21st century. Tick borne pathogens even have a role in cancer!!!!!